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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 1:29 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2012, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jefferson County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KPAH 231829
TORPAH
ILC081-231915-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0059.120323T1829Z-120323T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
129 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT.
* AT 126 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES
EAST OF OPDYKE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTH AT
25 MPH. A SECOND STORM WAS DETECTED WEST OF MOUNT VERNON...WHICH
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
MOUNT VERNON...WOODLAWN...BLUFORD AND DIX.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 8870 3817 8871 3820 8915 3848 8914
3849 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 187DEG 21KT 3827 8881
$$2 follow-up statements
548
WWUS53 KPAH 231846
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
146 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
ILC081-231915-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120323T1915Z/
JEFFERSON IL-
146 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 215 PM CDT...
AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BLUFORD...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MOUNT VERNON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 8870 3835 8871 3840 8908 3848 8914
3849 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 196DEG 27KT 3844 8875
$$626
WWUS53 KPAH 231908
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
208 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
ILC081-231918-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120323T1915Z/
JEFFERSON IL-
208 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT/315 PM EDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3847 8870 3835 8871 3840 8908 3848 8914
3849 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 196DEG 27KT 3859 8869
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pope | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 14 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.